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HR 1132 112th Congress House

Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2011

Official title: To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a grant program to improve the ability of trauma center hospitals and airpo… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a grant program to improve the ability of trauma center hospitals and airports to withstand earthquakes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 29, 2011 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Emergency Management Aviation and airportsBuilding constructionEmergency planning and evacuationHealth facilities and institutions
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Mar 17, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Mar 16, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 16, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 17, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2011 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program to make grants to state and local governments to assist them in projects that improve the ability of trauma center hospitals and/or airports in hazardous seismic zones to withstand an earthquake.

Directs the Administrator to require each state and local government, as a condition for receiving a grant, to submit to the Administrator: (1) a comprehensive strategic earthquake response plan for such facility, and (2) a list of grant activities that analyzes their impact.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 3, 2011
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Apr 5, 2011
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 29, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 29, 2011
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Mar 16, 2011
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Mar 16, 2011
WU, DAVID
· Mar 16, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1132: Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1132/
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"H.R. 1132: Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1132/.
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H.R. 1132, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1132/.
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